Undergarment.



H. H. WILLCOX.

UNDERGARIVIENT.

APPLICATION FILED MAII. 25. I9Is.

Patented Oct, 29, 1918.

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HENRY H. WILLCOX, OF NEWTONVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS.

UNDERGRIVIENT.

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To-aZZ 'whom t may concern:

Be it lmown that I, HENRY H. WILLcoX,

- Va citizen of` the United States, residing at Newtonville, county of Middlesex, State of`\ Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement-in. Undergarments, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawing, is a specification,

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This invention relates to undergarments having provision for receiving and supporting the male genital organs, and it has for its object to provide a'novel construction which is comfortable to Wear, and which is easily adjusted to fit the wearer in case the garment stretches or shrinks and which has more advantages,`all as will be more fully hereinafter set forth. In order to glve an understanding of my invention, I have illustrated in the drawings a selected embodiment thereof which will now be described after which the novel features will bepointed out in the appended claims.

Figure 1 is a-back side v1ew of a union suit embodying my improvement, a portlon of the back side of the suit being broken out to'better show thelocation and construction of. the genital-receiving and supporting means;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary viewl similar to Fig. 1' showing-a' diHerent form of the invention;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view on the line 3 3, Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged view of the shield member detached.

` I have illustrated hereinthe invention as it might be applied to a union suit, but the invention is equally applicable tol under drawers.

In Fig. 1, 1 indicates 'a union suit having any suitable or usual construction and which is provided with a front opening 2 extending from the neck to the crotch, said opening being closed by suitable buttons 3, as usual in union suits. The garment is also provided with a posterior opening which isy by two overlapping spente-ation of Letters Patent.

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Application led March 25, 1918. Serial No. 224,409.

which is centrally divided to form two'sections that are detachably fastened together attheir meeting edges, both at the topV of the shield and at the bottom thereof. This divided shield member is secured to the front of the garment so as to form with the garment front a pocket to receive the male genital organs.

As stated above,

themeeting edges of the two parts of the shield member are detachably secured together both at the top and the bottom, the space between the upper and lower fastenings permitting an opening through which the the pocket. This shieldmemberis 'shown generally at 5 and it is divided centrally, as shown at 10, thereby to provide the two sections 6 and 7. In the construction shown in Figs. 1, 3 and 4, the shield member is shaped to present the rounded or semicircular lower edge 8 and the straight upper edge 9. The central division line 10 does not eX- tend clear to the bottom of the shield, but terminates at the point 11 adjacent thebottom. At the lower edge. the shield is formed with a piece 12 which is separate from the two sections 6 and 7 but is sewed thereto along the line 13. The portion 12 is illustrated as being of double thickness.

The shield member thus made and which is illustrated separately in Fig. 4 is sewed to the frontof the garment at its side and bottom edges, as indicated at 17, said shield being positioned on the garment so that the lower edge ofthe division line 10 comes about opposite the lower end of the opening 2 and the portion 12 of the shield will fit into and be secured to the crotch portion 18 of the garment. The shield thus forms with the Jr'ront of the garment a pocket 19 adapted to receive the genitals.

The upper portion of the meeting edges of the sections 6 and 7 are detachably secured together by means of suitable separable fasteners. buttons 14 which are sewed to the sections 7 and are buttoned into buttonholes in the section 6. The lower portion of the meeting edges 10 are secured together by some suitable means such as loops or lacings l5.

The buttons 10 and lacing 15 are separated somewhat from each other so that at the central portion of the division line 10, the meetgenital organs may enter Til) will

I have shown herein a vplurality of ing edges are not connected together. This permits the formation of agenitals-receiving opening 16.

When the garment is put on the buttons 14 will be unbuttoned, thus separatin the sections 6 and 7 of the shield above t e lacing. After the garment is on the glenitals will be placed in the pocket 19 and t e upper edges of the sections 6 and 7 will be buttoned together above theenitals, the space or opening 16 between t e buttons and the lacing affording plenty of room for the genitals to enter the pocket. lower edge of the opening 16 is so high as to cause any discomfort, then the lacing 15 may be loosened. so as to extend the openin downward. On the other hand, if it is foun that the upper edge of theo ening is so low as to cause discomfort, then t e lower button 14 may be unbuttoned, thus extendin the opening upward. By the provision o. the

` buttons and the lacing, the opening 16 may be readily adjusted so that it will properly fit the wearer, and this opening can also be changed in case the garment shrinks or stretches as it is used 'so that the garment may be comfortably worn at all times. y

When the garment is properly adjusted i the genitals are separated from the body or leg` of the wearer by the shield and thus any annoyance due to chafng caused by sweating or otherwise is entirely avoided. Further, the device performs the function of a suspensory in giving support tothe scrotum.

In Figs. 1 and 4 the shield is provided with the straight upper edge 9 which is not sewed to the garment so that the pocket 19 is open at the top. In Fig. 2 I have shown an embodiment wherein the shield is elliptical in shape and is sewed to the arment throughout its entire periphery. other respects the device shown in Fig. 2' is the If it is found that the same as that shown in Figs. 1 and 3. In Fig. 2, however, the pocket will be closed at the top instead of open.

1. An undergarment open in the front from the crotch up and having a centrallydivided shield member sewed to the front with the division line of said member in line with the front opening of the garment, said shield member having means to detachably fasten the meeting edges thereof to-l gether at the top and bottom whereby the meetlng edges of said shield may be fastened together around the' genitals and the space between said shield and the front of the garment `constitutes a genitals-receiving pocket.

2. An undergarment open in the front from the crotch up and having a centrallydivided shield member sewed to the front withthe dlvision line of said member in line with the fr'ont opening .of the garment, the meeting edges at the lower portion of said division line being laced together and those at the upper portion being buttoned together, the buttons being separated from the acing thereby to leave an opening through which thegenitals may enter the pocket formed between the shield and the front of the garment. e

3. An undergarment open atthe front from the crotch up and having sewed to the front thereof at and immediately above the crotch a shield member which is divided centrally in a vertical direction and which forms with the front of the garment the genitalsreceiving pocket, the division in the shield affording an opening through which the genitals may enter the ocket.

In vtestimony whereo I have signed my name to this specification.

H. H. WILLCOX. 

